I'm having a hard time believing that today markes the half way mark of my stay here in Haiti- but I will admit I haven't had a whole lot of time to entertain the thought! We got up early, and left the house around 6:30, and then met up with the rest of our team, for a 2 1/2 hour road trip out to a mountain village where we did a mobile medical clinic. It was a great ride...but I will admit that it got a little long, bumping along on rough roads, in the back of a truck, and there were a whole bunch of us, so we were really squished...and the water cooler leaked all over me! It was a good trip though...and the clinic went well. It was the last mobile clinic we will be doing with our team. We saw so many precious little children, who just don't have enough food to eat, and even more than that, have no nutritious food, no protein rich food. So many adorable little children with distended bellies, and rusty red hair- a sure sign of Kwarshikore, sever protein deficiency.
Throughout the past few days of clinics, I have seen so much... and had my heart broken as I looked into the eyes of the desperate parents, who are hoping that we can give them "some vitamins" that will make every sickness and rash go away. It is absolutely countless the number of worm/parasite treatments we have prescribed in the past week...and to know that it's only a small percent of the children who are suffering.
It would not be right of me to leave you this picture of pain and sickness, without sharing the joy that also comes with these clinics. We saw many proud mothers, with adorable babies, to day I saw one of the fattest 5 month old little boys ever...and his giggle was so contagious! Also, Jackson, the boy that I had asked for prayer for on Monday, came for his shots on Tuesday, and was already noticably better!
Please keep the many people we have seen and treated in our clinics....that God would bless each of them with health, and understand to protect that health.
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